Paramania Revo3, Руководство пользователя

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10 In Flight - handling
The Revo3 is a beginner / intermediate wing which has been designed to be fun and responsive. Despite its
lively feel the Revo3 is remarkably forgiving in all areas of its flight envelope - it encourages pilots to have
fun whilst providing a relatively safe playground.
It does have an progressive roll rate - the controls are light and responsive (particularly on the slower trim
settings).
As with anything new, we recommend that you get into it gently and don’t rush, give it time, be smooth and
concise with the controls, and above all, make sure when you start a turn to finish it properly!
The Revo3 is very stable and makes well coordinated turns. With experience you can make the best use of
thermal cores and with the addition of a little outside brake you can achieve even flatter turns, its sink rate
on full slow is comparable with most other conventional intermediate gliders. With the trim fully released, the
wing takes on more solid characteristics, carving through the air with increased pitch stability, its glide at
speed is impressive and so means less time is spent in sinking air masses before reaching the next thermal.
At full speed the WTS system or simply weight shift become more effective than the brakes. A conventional
paragliding pilot, used to flying actively, may take time to gain sufficient confidence to “let go” of brakes, but
its a fact that once you realize how much the revo3 is doing for you and do, it’s a whole other world!
11 Flight with power
For powered flight many of the characteristics are the same. As you get more experience you can use the
thrust to assist in turning. However there is a certain amount of additional information, particularly where the
addition of the thrust of the power unit and correct matching of the wing to the motor unit is concerned.
Special notice
Paramania cannot be held responsible for the multitude of combinations possible, however if you wish to
contact us we can offer some advice.
See diagrams WWP01 - WWP02 for Paramania recommendations for
Foot Launch and Trike - Pilot weight - wing size and engine power
Engine torque and power induced oscillations
The Revo3 is particularly stable. However certain combinations of weight, power, and propeller size can
cause oscillation where the torque and gyro effects lift the pilot to one side. This usually occurs when climb-
ing rather than in level flight. Weight shift is the best counter measure. Oscillation usually occurs on high
power settings - more power and a larger propeller cause more potential for oscillation. It could be that your
control inputs are amplifying the oscillation. In this case, throttling back and flying hands-off should take care
of the problem.
It is quite common even for experienced pilots to be too busy on the controls, this is referred to as pilot
induced oscillation, and the simple answer is to stop moving your hands, (this may mean putting them
against the risers to check any movement).
To counter this you can:
• Make sure you complete your turns by being smooth on the controls.
And/or
• Change the throttle setting and reduce the level of power.
And /or
• Adjust the torque strap if fitted.
And/or
• Shift your weight in the harness.
And/or
• Set up the wing tip steering (WTS) device to adjust out the torque effects.